Laudable: Worthy of Praise
Notoriety: popular, famous
Meretricious: fairly attractive while having in reality no value or integrity
Contemptuous: showing contempt, scornful,
Conceits: appreciative of one's worth value
Ineffable: speechless, beyond description
Gaudy (gaudiness): too bright or showy, more or less tasteless
Ramifications: a consequence (or effect) of an action or event
A young reporter showed up to Gatsby's door on Gatsby's day off. Gatsby with a "laudable initiative" opened the door. We can interpret that he gracefully opened the door since he was awaiting Daisy to come after Gatsby's plan for Nick.
until he felt short of being news - anything he did as close to being news like him walking outside
We learn that James Gatz his his legal name and that he had it changed at 17. Or so it seemed since he invented it as a conception of his dream to be.
he felt pressured as he was huanted at night
He as a fisherman(sound fisher) , janitor, clamdigger,
- Yesterday I mentioned the foreshadowing of seeing a picture of Dan Cody. Who is he? What is the REAL story of Jay Gatz? How do alcohol and money figure into that story, and what does Gatz/Gatsby learn/take away as a result?
- Describe the conversation between Gatsby, Tom, and Mr. & Mrs. Sloane. Do these people like each other or enjoy each other's company? Why are they hanging out with each other?
- Describe Tom and Daisy's experience at Gatsby's party.
- Gatsby thinks that he can recreate the moments and the love that he and Daisy shared in Louisville. He thinks that money will influence Daisy and get him what he wants. Based on what you know about Daisy-- and what you know about life-- what do you think?
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